Area Man Brags About Mixing Videos for The Onion

“I’m mixing videos for The Onion!”, Stosh Tuszynski posted on Facebook. The status received 6 likes and 2 comments the day it was posted. “I liked Stosh’s status because The Onion is cool” one friend explained, “I’m not sure what…

Homemade Contact Microphone

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to make a contact mic with my class at Columbia College Chicago. I’ve been interested in contact mics for a while now, but for whatever reason haven’t actually picked one up to…

Scrooge & Marley

So proud to say Scrooge & Marley, a feature film I’ve been working on is premiering this month! NoiseFloor handled all post-production audio on this fun twist of a holiday classic. I worked as the supervising sound editor, and had…

Our Longest Drive

Exciting news! A new TV series I’ve had the pleasure to work on with NoiseFloor premieres next week. (Tuesdays at 10:30/9:30p central, beginning October 16)

Flying Robot Boogie Cats

Fly-bys and swooshes are a huge part of sound design. While typical library solutions might work, you can’t beat originally created material. For me this is usually done by designing each sound effect individually, and this takes time. You might…

Help Start a Crowd-sourced Sound Library

Mike Niederquell has taken the initiative to start putting together free crowd-sourced sound libraries. The basic idea is a new library each month, and anyone who contributes a recording gets access to the that library. Best of all, it’s free!

NATO Protest Chants 2012

Hate it or love it, NATO is here in Chicago. While the summit doesn’t start until tomorrow, the expected protests are in full effect. This morning I found out about a march toward Rahm Emanuel’s home in the Ravenswood neighborhood.…